Punishment and Welfare in Scandinavia

Bibliographic Data

ID23728604
AuthorsPeter Scharff Smith (0009-0003-6477-3141, University of Oslo, corresponding author), Thomas Ugelvik (0000-0002-6743-5637, University of Oslo)
Year2017
Pages511-529
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueScandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/978-1-137-58529-5_21
OpenAlexW2741108187
ISBN9781137585295
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Analytically, one could argue that the literature on Scandinavian or Nordic exceptionalism has been characterised by a logic of juxtaposition where specific prisons in specific countries have been used as stand-ins for two ideal types: (1) Punitive penal state prisons, with high prison population rates and punitive and coercive regimes that lack any proper focus on rehabilitation; (2) Egalitarian welfare state prisons, where punishment is humane, rehabilitative, supportive, inclusive and future-oriented, and where imprisonment is an intervention which is ultimately designed to empower prisoners to increase their chances of returning to society and living a good life post release.

Criminology · Exceptionalism · Imprisonment · Intervention (counseling) · Political science · Population · Prison · Prison population · Psychiatry · Punishment (psychology) · Punitive damages · Sociology · State (computer science) · Welfare · Welfare state · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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